Energy trade

Energy trade

Research, market data and analysis for energy trade.

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Declining block rate

Energy; Energy trade

A fall in an electricity rate when an increase in consumption cuts the cost to a utility of providing service.

Smelter

Energy; Energy trade

In copper, lead, and zinc, a plant which reduces concentrate to metal. In aluminum, a plant which upgrades alumina into metal.

Uncovered position (futures)

Energy; Energy trade

Where a long market player has bought more of a commodity than he has agreed to sell, or where a short market player has sold more of a commodity than (s)he has to deliver uncovered position ...

A material that becomes a perfect conductor of electricity when chilled. Developments beginning in 1986 have raised the threshold temperature to levels which, in the near future, may provide wires ...

Barrel

Energy; Energy trade

A volumetric unit of measure for crude oil and petroleum products. 1 barrel is 42 US gallons, 35 imperial gallons or 159 liters. There are roughly 7. 33 bbl of crude oil to a tonne, but the precise ...

Enabling agreement

Energy; Energy trade

An agreement that provides the general terms and conditions for the purchase, sale, or exchange of electricity but does not list specific contract details or obligate either party to perform.

Heavy water

Energy; Energy trade

Water containing significantly more than the natural proportion (1 in 6500) of heavy hydrogen (deuterium) atoms to ordinary hydrogen atoms. Heavy water is used as a moderator in some nuclear ...